Activists to protest ‘with or without permits’ when DNC arrives in Chicago this summer
CHICAGO — Progressive activist groups from across the country are preparing to protest outside the Democratic National Convention “with or without permits” come August.
Coalition leaders have attested their right to be within “sight and sound” of the convention’s center stage at the United Center, citing First Amendment rights in a federal lawsuit filed last month. On Saturday, leaders reaffirmed their commitment to be heard outside the DNC, despite the city’s denial of protest permits closer to the convention’s site.
A couple hundred people representing 78 activist organizations gathered Saturday for a day-long “working conference” hosted by the March on the DNC coalition to organize fundraising, communications and logistics for the months
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